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Former skeleton player Lars follows training buddy Kimberley on a medal hunt
Former skeleton player Lars Arts from Cuijk might also have been able to participate in the Winter Olympics, if he had not stopped in 2013. He is therefore looking forward…
This is Grindr’s move to protect the identity of gay Olympic athletes in Beijing
02/10/2022 at 11:21 CET Grindr is tightening privacy controls at the Olympic Village in Beijing. The gay dating app is preventing people outside the Olympic Village from using the location-based…
Olympics – Cold weather, Covid hotel and isolation: athletes in revolt in Beijing
Extreme conditions on the track (-17 ° and wind) and in Covid hotels, protests are growing. The IOC: “At work with the organizers” Athletes in quarantine for no reason, others…
Several exotic athletes at the Beijing Olympics | Olympics
From Tokyo straight on to Beijing and European-born Africans who have not forgotten their roots: Austrians in skiing, Norwegians in the biathlon and Dutch in skating, these are familiar scenarios…
In previous boycotts of the Olympic Games, athletes stayed at home
An Olympic bubble in a Beijing hotel.Image Reuters There is a good chance that there will be fewer cheering bobos in the picture than at previous Olympics, and that is…
Cosmonauts wished Russian athletes new records
Winter Olympics in Beijing starts. Games will be held in three clusters at once. A high-speed railway was built to connect them. In just two weeks, 109 sets of awards…
Sports Committee boss: More attention and money for athletes
Berlin (dpa) – The chairman of the sports committee in the German Bundestag, Frank Ullrich, has spoken out in favor of greater appreciation and better payment for athletes. “The Olympic…
Snow stars and ice icons: these ten athletes will color Winter Games | Olympics
1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA, downhill skiing) Where Sifan Hassan wrote Olympic history last summer with her three-stage rocket in Tokyo, Mikaela Shiffrin also dares to dream big this winter. The…
Taiwan’s athletes as a political pawn
Actually, the four athletes from Taiwan were not supposed to take part in the opening ceremony. But the IOC insists – and puts them in a tricky position. Lin Sin-Rong…
Winter Games in Beijing – Geisenberger tobogganist: Improvement for athletes called for
Munich/Beijing (dpa) – World-class luger Natalie Geisenberger decided to start at the Winter Olympics despite poor Beijing experiences last year – also with a view to her teammates. “A queasy…